Wednesday, October 5, 2016

2016-10-05 status

Done

Administrivia

  • Massaged resume.
  • Interviewed with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. It went okay, I think.

Data Collection

  • Conducted two initial automatic data collection sessions with advanced pianist.
  • Identified key wiring connection problems, which we are attributing to non-conductive adhesive in aluminum foil tape.
  • Removed tape connections to 48 keys and cleaned key surfaces with Goo Gone.
  • Applied new copper tape substrate to posterior section of aluminum tape on white keys.
  • Rewired 48 keys with soldered connections to copper tape subsequently physically attached (taped) to copper substrate with conductive adhesive.
  • Identified further problems that appear to be primarily post-processing (software) issues.

     Doing

    1. Ordering fans and coffee for the lab from Amazon. Deliver to Department?
    2. Assembling materials for Chancellor's Graduate Research Award.
    3. Defining test cases for post-processing code (dactylizer.pl).
    4. Drafting email to invite Survey II subjects to participate in on-campus sessions.
    5. Creating abcD for complete Beringer corpus.
    6. Defining procedure for sanity test of production automatic data collector (including Beringer data).
    7. Defining procedure for initial data collection sessions (including Beringer data).
    8. Implementing end-to-end machine learning experiment, using Beringer abcD data.

    Struggling

    • Need to work on my interviewing skills, which are quite rusty.